[Outro]
(Hold on, be strong)
I know them ain't tears comin' down your face
(When it's on it's on but)
Wipe your eyes
(Hold on, be strong)
In this world
(When it's on it's on but)
Only the strong survive y'know
(Hold on, be strong)
Hmm, I know it's hard out there
(When it's on it's on but)
Welfare
(Hold on, be strong)
AIDS, earthquakes
(Cause when it's on it's on but)
Muggings, carjackings
(Hold on, and be strong)
Yeah we got problems
(Cause when it's on it's on but)
But believe me when I tell you
(Hold on, and be strong)
Things always get better
(Cause when it's on it's on but)
God don't like ugly
(Hold on, and be strong)
And God don't like no quitters
(Cause when it's on it's on but)You know what Billie Holiday said bay-bee
(Hold on, and be strong)
God bless the child that can hold his own
(Cause when it's on it's on but)
Y'know?
(Hold on, and be strong)
You got to stand strong
(Cause when it's on it's on but)
And when these bustas try to knock you out your place
(Hold on, and be strong)
You stand there to they face
(Cause when it's on it's on but)
Tell em hold on, and be strong
(Hold on, and be strong)
The game don't stop
(Cause when it's on it's on but)
Hmmm
(Hold on, and be strong)
This here is black main
(Cause when it's on it's on but)
If you don't never learn nothin, learn one thing
(Hold on, and be strong)
It don't stop, til the casket drop
Hold on
Thug, for Life... feel me?
All my homeboys and my homegirls, stay strongWhen things get bad, especially come the first and the fifteenth
Stay strong, and stay ballin, hold on
I'll catch y'all at the next life, we in traffic

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